Monday, 29 November 2010

They won't be making anymore princess movies at all!!!
I learned this by reading a article on facebook which Autumn told me about here is the article:

Once upon a time, there was a studio in Burbank, California, that spun classic fairytales into silver-screen gold.

But now the curtain is falling on ''princess movies'', which have been a part of Disney Animation's heritage since the debut in 1937 of its first feature film, Snow White. The studio's release of Tangled, a contemporary retelling of Rapunzel, will be the last fairytale produced by Disney's animation group for the foreseeable future.

''Films and genres do run a course,'' says the chief of Pixar Animation Studios, Ed Catmull, who with the director John Lasseter oversees Disney Animation. ''They may come back later because someone has a fresh take on it … but we don't have any other musicals or fairytales lined up.''

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Catmull and Lasseter have killed two other fairytale movies that were in development, The Snow Queen and Jack and the Beanstalk.

To appreciate what a sea change this is for the company, consider that a fairytale castle is a landmark at Disney theme parks around the world and is embedded in the Walt Disney Pictures logo. Fairytale characters from Disney's movies populate the parks, drive sales of merchandise and serve as the inspiration for Broadway musicals.

But Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, Jasmine and the other Disney royals were born in the 20th century. Now, different kinds of Disney characters are starring in the megaplexes and toy aisles, including Pixar's Toy Story buddies Buzz Lightyear and Woody, Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean and a platoon of superheroes from the acquisition of Marvel Entertainment.

Over the decades, Disney has benefited from the ticket sales and licensing revenue generated by such princess-driven properties as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. The studio's most recent offering, however, was a disappointment. Although critically acclaimed, last year's The Princess and the Frog (pictured, right) was the worst performer of Disney's recent fairytales.

In the age of mega-franchises when movies need to appeal to a broad audience to justify a sizeable investment, Disney discovered too late that The Princess and the Frog appealed to too narrow an audience: little girls. This prompted the studio to change the name of its Rapunzel movie to the gender-neutral Tangled and shift the lens of its marketing to the film's swashbuckling male co-star, Flynn Rider.

The movie was reconceived as a musical with fast-paced action and witty banter. The only surviving elements, Catmull says, were ''the hair, the tower and Rapunzel''.

Disney hopes Tangled will draw boys, teenagers and adults to the cinema, succeeding where its frog-prince saga failed. But it is taking no such chances in the future. Its current animation roster includes Winnie the Pooh, a return to the Hundred Acre Wood, and Reboot Ralph - itself a restart of an older project titled Joe Jump - about an outdated video-game character who has been left behind by the march of technology.

Catmull says he and Lasseter have been encouraging filmmakers to break with safe and predictable formulas and push creative boundaries.

Among girls, princesses and the romanticised ideal they represent - revolving around finding the man of your dreams - have a limited shelf life. With the advent of ''tween'' TV, the tiara-wearing ideal of femininity has been supplanted by new adolescent role models.

''By the time they're five or six, they're not interested in being princesses,'' says Dafna Lemish, who chairs the radio and TV department at Southern Illinois University and is an expert in the role of media in children's lives. ''They're interested in being hot, in being cool. Clearly, they see this is what society values.''

MGA Entertainment, the maker of Bratz dolls, knocked the toy industry's blonde bombshell off her stilettos by recognising how little girls' interests have morphed.

''You've got to go with the times,'' MGA's chief executive, Isaac Larian, says. ''You can't keep selling what the mothers and the fathers played with before. You've got to see life through their lens.''

Tangled opens on January 6.

Los Angeles Times

I am sooooooooo ripped off!!! Even though I'm 12 I love the princess movies! They are the sort of movies which are pleasing to everyone. So why this? WHEY?!!!? Jack and the Beanstalk could of been awesome and the Snow Queen too!!

Sunday, 21 November 2010

1# "I was already a bloodsucking parasite all I needed was a brief case."
Mooseblood out of Bee Movie.
2# "Have you any last words before I dispatch you?"
"You have got to be kidding me!"
"Strange words!" Prince Edward and Robert in Enchanted
3#"I know I promised, Lord, never again. But I also know that YOU know what a weak-willed person I am."
The Mouse from Lady hawk
4# "What's that sticky stuff called?"
"Duct tape."
"Yes, duct tape. I love duct tape."
Capricorn and Basta in Inkheart.
5# "Dat-da-dah! We're dead."
Hiccup in how to train your Dragon.
6# "You would not believe what I have been through tonight!"
Mr. Potato Head in Toy story 3.
7# "Who are you?""Mustn't ask us, not it's business."
Frodo and Gollum in the Two Towers.

8# "Choose your last words carefully, Telmarine!"
"You are a mouse!"
[sighs] "I was hoping for something a little more original."

11# "Is that you breathing? Because I can't hear myself think! There's too much going on here; you're asthmatic, you're a robot. And why the cape? Are we going to the opera? I don't think so."

Kahmunrah from The Battle of the Smithsonian

12# " Jack... Jack! Did you not notice? That be the same island we made you the governor of on our last little trip."
"I did notice."

Barbossa and Jack in pirates of the Caribbean 1.

13# "Any calls?
"You have no messages."
"Odd. Better check the outgoing.""If you utter so much as one syllable, I'LL HUNT YOU DOWN AND GUT YOU LIKE A FISH! If you'd like to fax me, press the star key."

Tuesday, 16 November 2010

Happy birthday to me!I love my birthday!
But I won't be officially 12 until 12 pm. ☺
I will post later what i got as not all my books i wanted have arrived yet.
Maybe some will today.
And thank you Grace and Naomi

Tuesday, 9 November 2010

A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said: ‘Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help! My baby is not even one year old, and I’m pregnant again. I don’t want kids so close together.’

So the doctor said: ‘Ok and what do you want me to do?’

She said: ‘I want you to end my pregnancy, and I’m counting on your help with this.’

The doctor thought for a little, and after some silence he said to the lady: ‘I think I have a better solution for your problem. It’s less dangerous for you too.’ She smiled, thinking that the doctor was going to accept her request.

Then he continued: ‘You see, in order for you not to have to take care of 2 babies at the same time, let’s kill the one in your arms. This way, you could rest some before the other one is born. If we’re going to kill one of them, it doesn’t matter which one it is. There would be no risk for your body if you chose the one in your arms.’

The lady was horrified and said: ‘No doctor! How terrible! It’s a crime to kill a child!’

‘I agree’, the doctor replied. ‘But you seemed to be OK with it, so I thought maybe that was the best solution.’

The doctor smiled, realizing that he had made his point. He convinced the mom that There is no difference in killing a child that’s already been born and one that’s still in the womb. The crime is the same!

I found this on facebook (I'm actually not on it). which Mummy had put on her wall and I decided to put it on my blog. Its a pity that every doctor doesn't say this and gets Mothers to understand that Abortion is Murder.
God Bless

Hi everyone,
Could you all please just pray for Annie and her family.
Her Dad passed away last Saturday.
Please pray for them that they might become peaceful in knowing that he is in Heaven with Jesus and God and having a great time.
Please pray for them.♥♥♥

Saturday, 6 November 2010

Guess what book is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Well, don't bother about guessing but this book

The Emperor of Nihon-Ja, is like insanely awesome! I especially like the ending which I'm not gonna tell you because it would spoil it. My favorite characters as always are: Halt, Will, Evanlyn, Alyss, and Horace.
The run down of this book is A.K.A. plot is:
Horace is missing. Months have passed since he was sent on a military mission to the court of the Emperor of Nihon-Ja but he has failed to return. Evanlyn is worried, and in company with Will and Alyss, she sets out to discover what has become of their old friend.

They find that Horace has become embroiled in Nihon-Jan politics. The arrogant Senshi sect has rebelled against the rightful Emperor and Horace has chosen to stay and lend support to the deposed ruler. Now he and Will must find men willing to face the highly trained Senshi warriors, while Alyss and Evanlyn must overcome their longstanding rivalry to seek aid from a mysterious group of mountain dwellers.

Well if you haven't read Rangers Apprentice you should! They are like soooooooooooooo totalllllllllllyyy cool/awesome/good/fun.
I liked it alot 'cause Alyss and Evanlyn were both in it. And how they become friends. And the end. Oh the end is great!!!!
I highly recommend this series. John Flanagan is a great writer with weaving humor into his books and action as well. You have to read them.
I know I'm a Rangers Apprentice geek. I agree I am!
I can hardly wait for book 11 to come out next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday, 5 November 2010

Today its exactly 11 days until my birthday. In honour of my ♦birthday♦ I decided to have a Movie Quote Quiz. I've done this once before and found it very fun. I got the idea from Jo March who has a MQQ each month and I have the same rules. It will be announced on my birthday 16th of November ☺

The Rules:

1. Don't look any of the quotes up on the internet, or any other "looking-up" device.

2. Submit your answers in a comment on this post. You may submit as many comments as you need to, depending on when you remember the different quotes.

3. You score one point for every correct answer you submit -that's telling me what movie the quote is from- and you can also earn an extra point by telling me who said the quote!

4. You MAY ask immediate family members (parents, siblings, pets, etc.) for help and you MAY watch a movie again to see if one of the quotes is in it (of course, that would probably be a waste of time, but whatever :P

1# "I was already a bloodsucking parasite all I needed was a brief case."
2# "Have you any last words before I dispatch you?"
"You have got to be kidding me!"
"Strange words!"
3#"I know I promised, Lord, never again. But I also know that YOU know what a weak-willed person I am."
4# "What's that sticky stuff called?"
"Duct tape."
"Yes, duct tape. I love duct tape."
5# "Dat-da-dah! We're dead."
6# "You would not believe what I have been through tonight!"
7# "Who are you?""Mustn't ask us, not it's business."

11# "Is that you breathing? Because I can't hear myself think! There's too much going on here; you're asthmatic, you're a robot. And why the cape? Are we going to the opera? I don't think so."

12# " Jack... Jack! Did you not notice? That be the same island we made you the governor of on our last little trip."
"I did notice."

13# "Any calls?
"You have no messages."
"Odd. Better check the outgoing.""If you utter so much as one syllable, I'LL HUNT YOU DOWN AND GUT YOU LIKE A FISH! If you'd like to fax me, press the star key."

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You call Frodo a wimp, but let me ask you something. If you had to carry the ring, would you have done half so well? Would you have made it to Mordor? Would you even make it out of the Shire? Although I love Frodo, in my opinion Sam is the hero, because without faithful Sam, Frodo would never had made it anywhere

About Me

Praying the Rosary.

My Jane Austen Heroine

My Eragon Character

You are most like ARYA
You are a swordsman or woman of great renown and are second to no one! At the same time, you are an unsurpassed wielder of magic, vastly intelligent and wise. Any queen or king would be lucky to have you as an asset but you are also independent in nature and follow no leader blindly.